P.E.I.’s new food support program ‘a starting point’
P.E.I. Agriculture Minister Bloyce Thompson is trying ahead to what comes out of a brand new meals help program introduced by the province Wednesday.
The Island Neighborhood Meals Safety Initiative is a $200,000 program that may present funding to area people organizations for a broad number of initiatives. Eligible teams will get grants of as much as $10,000.
“The parameters are broad sufficient that everybody can suppose exterior the field a bit of bit about how they will feed their communities, or assist help probably the most weak,” mentioned Thompson.
“It is a place to begin. Communities should get organized and see what they will do. I look ahead to what comes out of this program.”
As examples, Thompson mentioned the cash could possibly be used to arrange a neighborhood fridge or set up a neighborhood backyard, however he’s hopeful that non-profit teams will develop modern concepts.
A research on P.E.I., written earlier than the pandemic, estimated 19,000 Islanders confronted meals insecurity. With P.E.I. having the very best inflation within the nation, that quantity has seemingly elevated.
The province shall be watching what comes out of this program, mentioned Thompson, and if there may be quite a lot of curiosity funding could possibly be elevated.
